The United States and South Korea have reportedly drawn up joint plans for a retaliatory set of tit-for-tat responses to any strikes by North Korean on its neighbour.

The scale of the response has been set down in a new war plan to ensure that there is no unintended escalation into broader war.

The new "counter-provocation" plan is calling for an immediate but proportional "response in kind" to North Korea if it decides to launch a ground attack or a missile, the New York Times reported last night, citing unnamed US officials.

Under the plan, the source of any North Korean attack will be hit with similar weapons, the report said.

If the North Koreans were to shell a South Korean island that had military installations, the plan calls for the South to retaliate quickly with a barrage of artillery of similar intensity, the paper noted.

White House officials are attempting to downplay the military build-up on the penninsula in an effort to calm the situation. Dan Pfeiffer, the senior advisor to President Barack Obama, said on Sunday that North Korea had display similar behaviour "many times" in the past.

This is exactly what Johnson and McNamara did in Vietnam. It is also the perfect receipe for disaster. The pain will grow slowly in NK and they will adjust and continue to survive and fight. The first response on our part should rather be substantial enough to shock them into reality.

NK takes out a world-class thriving metropolis like Seoul, and tit-for-tat would be to, what, take out Pyongyang? The Detroit of Asia?

Meanwhile, millions of innocent people on both sides will die. And Dear Leader doesn’t realize that North Korea has nothing to lose.

This is precisely the kind of plan that you get from ‘leadership” that:
- has no respect for human life (as shown by his support for abortion)
- has no experience with diplomacy
- has no military experience
- is spineless

The first time I remember hearing it was when (j)urinalists complained about one of their ilk being killed in the battle of Bhagdad. US troops were taking fire from a hotel so a tank blew a big hole in it and a (j)urinalist was killed...,...(no loss imo)

IIRC, there was some kind of court case brought about over this but I don't remember the outcome.

Malone: You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I'm offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?

After all, Obama is from Chicago, is he not?

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posted on 04/08/2013 5:10:07 AM PDT
by NonValueAdded
(If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)

Telling my second daughter that we would spank her if she did “X” never worked well, as she thought we were making a deal. She could do “X” if she was willing to get a spanking. We had to find a more useful form of punishment.

I’m afraid the same applies to NK. We have now announced that they can do whatever they want, as long as they are willing to accept the a punishment of their choosing.

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posted on 04/08/2013 5:22:56 AM PDT
by SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)

That is stupid. We should either ignore the Norks, or, if we can’t, strike with overwhelming and massively destructive force.
Personally, I’d go for declaring a blockade, mining their harbors, destroying their rail links to China and Russia, and taking down any major bridges I could reach. Clamp down on the food and fuel, then sit and wait. If any one complains about “humanitarian issues,” tell them to go piss up a rope.

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posted on 04/08/2013 6:20:30 AM PDT
by Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)

On this day, cannot think of anything else other than what would Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher do? Then the understanding comes forth of why these two are missed so very much. God normally allows Giants to come forth to solve problems when most needed as was the case with God having brought forth Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. While typing today it is easy to think God has turned His back on this planet. If God has not turned His back may there be leaders coming forth instead of the lack of leaders we presently witness in power.

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posted on 04/08/2013 6:34:28 AM PDT
by no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)

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